Dangerous Animals Capture and Maintain Attention in Humans

Attention and Cognitive Control in Humans, Animals and Intelligent Systems

rules In this experiment (Wallis, Anderson & Miller, 2001), illustrated in Figure 21, monkeys were trained to switch between two rules: Match and Non-match. Monkeys saw a sample picture followed by a delay and then a single test picture. For the match rule, the monkeys were given a reward if they released a lever when the pictures were the same, and held it if pictures were different. For the n...

The prevalence of heterophyidae family in humans and animals in Khuzestan province

heterophyidsis is a common disease in man and animals(Zoonosis),the causative agents are small parasites of 1-2mm from the family of heterophyidae(trematodes)and often has a world-wide prevalence.this study was performed with the objective to determine the prevalence rate and identify the reservoirs of heterophyidae in man during the years 1991-1993 in Khuzestan province.in order to do this in ...

Selective attention and performance in dangerous environments.

Drawing Attention to the Dangerous

In this paper we present an architecture of attention-based control for artificial agents. The agent is responsible for monitoring adaptively the user in order to detect context switches in his state. Assuming a successful detection appropriate action will be taken. Simulation results based on a simple scenario show that Attention is an appropriate mechanism for implementing context switch dete...

Metacognition in Humans and Animals

It has long been assumed that metacognition— thinking about one’s own thoughts—is a uniquely human ability. Yet a decade of research suggests that, like humans, other animals can differentiate between what they know and what they do not know. They opt out of difficult trials; they avoid tests they are unlikely to answer correctly; and theymake riskier ‘‘bets’’ when theirmemories are accurate th...